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Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow held in Little Rock - P10
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013, the Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow was held at the Little Rock Ball Field. There they celebrated the Ojibwe language, listened to Ojibwe speakers and honor songs, enjoyed a walleye feast, capped by a community giveaway and games and prizes for the kids. All Ojibwe speakers and...
Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow held in Little Rock - P11
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013, the Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow was held at the Little Rock Ball Field. There they celebrated the Ojibwe language, listened to Ojibwe speakers and honor songs, enjoyed a walleye feast, capped by a community giveaway and games and prizes for the kids. All Ojibwe speakers and...
Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow held in Little Rock - P12
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013, the Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow was held at the Little Rock Ball Field. There they celebrated the Ojibwe language, listened to Ojibwe speakers and honor songs, enjoyed a walleye feast, capped by a community giveaway and games and prizes for the kids. All Ojibwe speakers and...
Congresswoman Betty McCollum vists Red Lake Nation - P16
On Sunday, August 11, 2013, Congresswoman Betty McCollum visited the Red Lake Nation and was hosted to a dinner at the Seven Clans Event Center by the Red Lake Tribal Council and the Political Education Committee. Representative McCollum, Co-Chair of the U.S. House of Representative Native American Caucus and member of the House...
Congresswoman Betty McCollum vists Red Lake Nation - P17
On Sunday, August 11, 2013, Congresswoman Betty McCollum visited the Red Lake Nation and was hosted to a dinner at the Seven Clans Event Center by the Red Lake Tribal Council and the Political Education Committee. Representative McCollum, Co-Chair of the U.S. House of Representative Native American Caucus and member of the House...
Congresswoman Betty McCollum vists Red Lake Nation - P18
On Sunday, August 11, 2013, Congresswoman Betty McCollum visited the Red Lake Nation and was hosted to a dinner at the Seven Clans Event Center by the Red Lake Tribal Council and the Political Education Committee. Representative McCollum, Co-Chair of the U.S. House of Representative Native American Caucus and member of the House...
2013 Independence Day Celebration - P52
2013 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
2013 Independence Day Celebration - P53
2013 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
2013 Independence Day Celebration - P54
2013 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
Back to School Fest 2013 - Little Rock Ball Fleids
Remember Parents and kids our Back to School Fest is tomorrow at the Little Rock Ball Fleids from 10:00 am to 1:00 p.m. We have great School Supplies we are giving away. Carnival games for the kids. A picnic lunch with hotdog, beans, chips, juice box and cake. Drawings for bikes and backpacks also. The one and only Mike Donnel...
Lyme Disease Numbers 10 Times Higher Than Previously Reported Says CDC, Protect Yourself and Your Pets
MINNEAPOLIS – On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an estimate of the number of people diagnosed with Lyme disease each year and their new estimate is 10 times higher than previously reported. While the CDC’s newest numbers estimate the number of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year is approximately 300,000 people, veterinarians...
HHS launches partnership and video contest with Young Invincibles
HOUSTON, Texas – Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Young Invincibles announced the Healthy Young America video contest in an effort to inform young people about health insurance coverage and new options under the Affordable Care Act. People can submit entries and vote for their favorite videos at www.healthyyoungamerica.org. “Health...
MNDOT - Road construction in Brainerd area
Baxter, Minn. – Motorists travelling Highway 210/Washington Street in Brainerd may experience delays as both directions of the road are intermittently reduced to a single lane near the Mississippi River bridge beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21. All lanes of Highway 210 will reopen by 4:30 p.m. The closures are needed as crews complete the routine biannual inspection of...
7 Flag Poles Available for Memorial Flags During Red Lake Nation Fair
There are 7 flag poles available for Saturday and Sunday's Red Lake Nation Fair and Pow Wow. Anyone wishing to fly a memorial flag should contact Ron Lussier at (218)556-7566 before Friday August 23rd....
Chickasaw Cultural Center Sets Labor Day Weekend Celebration Aug. 31
Stomp dance, stick-ball, storytelling and living history will all be part of the Labor Day Celebration Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Chickasaw Cultural Center. This special day will feature stomp dancing at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., storytelling at noon, and cultural demonstrations from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Living history performers in the traditional “living village” will portray...
Seneca Nation Seeks Development Proposals by August 26
The Seneca Nation of Indians in western New York is seeking proposals for planning/engineering/architectural services. In particular, it is seeking a consulting firm to assist in the creation of a Development Master Plan for targeted growth in its sovereign Oil Spring Territory. The selected planning and design firm is expected to have expertise in site and master planning....
Public Charter Schools Growing on Native American Reservations
Washington, D.C. – New data from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools shows that public charter schools are growing on Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) lands across the country. Between 2005 and 2010, the number of public charter schools on reservations increased from 19 to 31, accounting for 15 percent of all public schools on reservations. Public charter schools...
RLHS/RLMS Volleyball Practice starts Monday, Aug. 19th - RLHS Gym 3-5 PM
Red Lake High School Volleyball Practice and Red Lake Middle School Volleyball Practice will begin on Monday, August 19th, at the high school gym. Practices will run every day from 3-5 o'clock. All girls grades 6 through 12 are welcome. Bring your practice clothes, gym shoes, and be ready to have some fun! All athletes are...
Rabideau controversy boils again
BLACKDUCK -- Since its establishment in 1935, the former Civilian Conservation Corps camp known as Camp Rabideau, has been a source of controversy for residents and groups in the Blackduck area for decades. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/rabideau-controversy-boils-again#sthash.FYFKuFcg.dpuf...
Minnesota governments are hiring again after a long drought
Cities, counties and schools are starting to hire again. After a deep dive that started about a year after the drop in private sector employment, local government payrolls appear to have bottomed, a good sign for an economy that needs more people employed and spending money....
Minnesota recommends release of two repeat sex offenders
Two repeat sex offenders have been recommended for release from the state’s most secure treatment program....
CDC: Lyme disease sickens 300,000 a year, 10 times more people that are annually reported
ATLANTA — Lyme disease is about 10 times more common than previously reported, health officials said Monday....
Feds: Spending cuts mean 57,000 fewer low-income children in Head Start programs
WASHINGTON — Automatic federal spending cuts will reduce the number of low-income children in Head Start's preschool programs by more than 57,000 during the next school year, the Office of Head Start said Monday....
More Than 800 Native American Children Were Adopted In 2012. How Many Could Be Affected?
In 2011, 2-year-old Veronica was ripped from the arms of the only parents she’d ever known -- legal adoptive parents -- to go and live with her birth father and his spouse. Two years later, this past June, the Supreme Court ordered her loving birth father to give "Baby Veronica" back to her adoptive parents in South Carolina, deciding that the adoption was legal and binding....
80 per cent of Kenora residential school students had TB
Residential school survivors in the Kenora area have more reason to question the quality of medical care they received at the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School....
